The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-30
"HAYSEED."
Our Nebraska Farmer WhetS
His Scythe for Work
Again
MORE ABOUT The LAND SERF
In What Does His Position Differ from
That Of the City Wage
Slave!

Editor Labor Enquirer.
I was surprised when the ENQUIRER
came to hand to find the letter had writ
ten in its columns. Feeling that 1 may
be able to do some good for mankind I
write again.
We have had fine rains of late, which
will be the means of giving us bounti-
full harvest, only to be reaped by the
money-lender and eastern capitalist and
to help me pay for my harvester that l
bought last spring for S160 and which
only cost the manufacturer 500.
don't see why can't sell wheat that
costs we 60 cents bushel for $3.50 cents
a bushel. His selling price is eight times
the cost that mine must be. He gives an
agent 40 per cent or say $50 to sell a
machine. could give 40 per cent or say
$3.50 to some grain dealer to sell my
wheat and get S3 per bushel. There must
be something wrong for if it is right for
him it ought to be right for me. But
no, it all goes to interest and profit for
the manufacturer and money y-lender.
The law of our state allows 10 per cent
interest but these money sharks charge us
from IS to 33i per cent. Now if those
dishonest lawyers tell US the truth for
once in lifetime, there is no law for it,
l would like to ask you what kind of a
government that is where a person does
as he pleases and violates the laws of the
state.
Interest and taxes get all except bare
living. Before those 100000 bonds are
paid our farmers will go hungry, orr
wives bare-footed and our children naked
We and our children will long remember
the Columbus boodlers that got $4,000
for imposing the A. and N. bonds upon
us. The curse of the people will rest on
them and their posterity.
I'VE have fellow here in our county by
the name of Farley who was county treas
urer when the B. and NJ. railway settled
its taxes for go per cent. He as treasurer
put in his bill for five per cent on the 40
per cent that he did not collect. That is
he wanted US to pay him for something
he never did!
Because Byron Millett, who was the
county attorney then, reported against it,
Early has done his best to prejudice the
people against him, but has failed. The
people are finding out what he is. Mr.
Whitmoyer, who succeeded Mr.. Millett
also incurred Earley's displeasure as he
did not advise the county board to allow
Farley more than $1,000 for extra clerk
hire.
Whitmoyer and Gerard, two attorneys
got the B. and NJ lands placed on the tax
list of Platte county in 1874 for which
they never received cent; the honest
man nothing and the boodler pocketful.
The people should stand up for justice.
Their are so many sharks around Co.
lumbus that we farmers think the county
seat should be removed to Platte Center,
and don't think we would be blamed.
We have nothing against the people of
Columbus except that contemplate lot of
boodlers that mis-represent US there.
That is what we don't like.
Last winter after we had chosen Sena-
tor vanWyck by ballot for our next sena-
| tor the Doodle men sold him out to the
railroad, because he said it took 5000
bushels of grain to send 1000 bushels to
market. They we're afraid if he got in
congress he would expose them. Then
they tried to get libel law passed so
they could punish and break up Editor
Rosewater of the Omaha Bee, the most
fearless and outspoken newspaper in Ne
braska. The farmers owe debt of graf
itude to Mr.. Rosewater they can never re-
pay.
have always been democrat and be-
lieved if they could get in power we would
have better times. But we have the same
trouble to get along and pay debts as we
did when the republicans were in.
What does this anti-poverty Labor Party
want to do! Who are those Socialists
and what is Socialism: Does it mean
blood and murder. Do they want to kill
us farmers and divide our farms NJ
among themselves An eI-chief of police
of Columbus, very bad man, jumped on
an old farmer and almost killed him; took
in every farmer that came to town and
did the least thing out of the way. he
would let drunken officers ride over the
sidewalks and do as they pleased, and M
ran a house of prostitution too. have